SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
Second quarter 18th century
The rectangular moulded top with re-entrant front corners above a frieze drawer with division, on club legs with shaped ears, on pad feet, the handle original, the top possibly reveneered, the mouldings added on the top
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related 'chamber' table with re-entrant front corners is at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Much mahogany was supplied to Houghton in plank form in 1725 and it is likely that the latter table, in The Hunting Hall, was made on site (A. Moore, ed., Houghton Hall: The Prime Minister, The Empress, The Heritage, London, 1996, pp. 90-92, no. 8).
A related side table, with serpentine apron, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 2 May 2002, lot 115 (£3,346).

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